Oxford-Cambridge Expressway
Wendlebury Annual Meeting 16th May 2019
David Rogers No Expressway Group Horton-cum-Studley [email protected] In the beginning………. Highways England talked about specific Expressway routes But from Spring of 2018 Highways Corridor A, the ‘Southern Route’ England talked only of three broad corridors, A, B and C.
Stakeholders had very little influence on Corridor choice.
Corridor B Corridor C, the ‘Northern Route’ The Anti- Expressway Campaign to date Information
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NEA, No Expressway Alliance Newspaper Articles Newspaper Articles Corridor AnnouncedCorridor A, the ‘Southern Route’ On September 12th last year Highways England announced a modified Corridor B for further study.
Corridor B Corridor C, the ‘Northern Route’ Corridor B before September 12th
Wendlebury Corridor B after September 12th
Wendlebury Highways England’s Time Table Major Project Milestones & Lifecycle
Options Phase Highways England’s Time Table Major Project Milestones & Lifecycle
Options Phase Highways England’s Time Table Major Project Milestones & Lifecycle
Options Phase Highways England’s Time Table Major Project Milestones & Lifecycle
Options Phase Highways England’s Time Table Major Project Milestones & Lifecycle
Options Phase Highways England’s Time Table Major Project Milestones & Lifecycle
Options Phase Route B1
M40, Junction 9 Route B3
From the Corridor Assessment Report, Appendix G.
Corridor B boundary
M40, Junction 8A Route B1
M40, Junction 9 Route B3
From the Corridor Assessment Report, Appendix G.
Corridor B boundary
M40, Junction 8A Route B1
M40, Junction 9 Route B3
From the Corridor Assessment Report, Appendix G.
Corridor B boundary
M40, NEW junction
M40, Junction 8A Route B1
M40, Junction 9 Route B3
From the Corridor Assessment Report, Appendix G.
Corridor B boundary
M40, NEW junction
M40, Junction 8A Route B1
M40, Junction 9 Route B3
From the Corridor Assessment Report, Appendix G.
MOD Land Corridor B boundary
M40, NEW junction
M40, Junction 8A Route B1
M40, Junction 9 Route B3
From the Corridor Assessment Report, Appendix G.
MOD Land Corridor B boundary
M40, NEW junction
M40, Junction 8A Route B1
M40, Junction 9 Route B3
MOD Land Corridor B boundary
M40, NEW junction
M40, Junction 8A Route B1
M40, Junction 9 Route B3
MOD Land Corridor B boundary
M40, NEW junction
M40, Junction 8A Route B1
M40, Junction 9 Route B3
MOD Land Corridor B boundary
M40, NEW junction
M40, Junction 8A Route B1
M40, Junction 9 Route B3
MOD Land Corridor B boundary
M40, Junction 8A Route B1
M40, Junction 9 Route B3
MOD Land Corridor B boundary
M40, Junction 8A Route B1
M40, Junction 9 Route B3
MOD Land Corridor B boundary
M40, Junction 8A and Houses?
Even without the Expressway, Oxfordshire is growing at an unprecedented rate 2016 - 2040 OXIS Proposed Growth 2016 - 2040 OXIS Proposed Growth 2016 - 2040
More Houses OXIS Proposed Growth 2016 - 2040
More Houses More People OXIS Proposed Growth 2016 - 2040
More Houses More People More Jobs OXIS Proposed Growth 2016 - 2040
More Houses More People More Jobs
Current totals 2016 260,000 650,000 366,000* * 2017/18 figures The Expressway will add even more houses The Ox-Cam Arc’s ‘Transformational Scenario’
The Expressway will add even more houses The Ox-Cam Arc’s ‘Transformational Scenario’
The Expressway will add even more houses The Ox-Cam Arc’s ‘Transformational Scenario’
The Expressway will add even more houses The Ox-Cam Arc’s ‘Transformational Scenario’
CurrentlyCurrently planned planned + backloghomes homes The Expressway will add even more houses The Ox-Cam Arc’s ‘Transformational Scenario’
Additional Ox-Cam ‘Arc’ CurrentlyCurrently planned planned + homes backloghomes homes The Expressway will add even more houses …how many new homes along the Expressway itself? …howHighways many England new proposes homes 86,000along newthe housesExpressway near Bicester itself? …howHighways many England new proposes homes 86,000along newthe housesExpressway near Bicester itself?
That’s 202,000 people (Oxford City has 154,600 2017 figure ) …….and the same again ‘East of Oakley’… 65,000 houses …….and the same again ‘East of Oakley’… 65,000 houses …….and the same again ‘East of Oakley’… 65,000 houses
That’s 150,000 people (Oxford City has 154,600 2017 figure ) Whichever route is chosen in Oxfordshire, the Expressway alone will support no more than 114,000 houses (266,000 people). Whichever route is chosen in Oxfordshire, the Expressway alone will support no more than 114,000 houses (266,000 people).
The NIC Report (5th Studio SQW) says there will be 170,000 new houses in Oxfordshire (the ‘transformational growth’ figure). Whichever route is chosen in Oxfordshire, the Expressway alone will support no more than 114,000 houses (266,000 people).
The NIC Report (5th Studio SQW) says there will be 170,000 new houses in Oxfordshire (the ‘transformational growth’ figure).
….that leaves a balance of 56,000 houses to be built ‘somewhere else’ in Oxfordshire (i.e. another 103,000 people) Oxfordshire’s past, and proposed growth to 2050
Oxfordshire's total population since the Domesday Book 1086 1,400,000 2050 target, 1,200,000 560,000 houses,
1.3 million people
1,000,000 Last census, 2011. c. 260,000 houses, Growth target to 2050, including 800,000 650,000 people expressway housing (total = 300,000 new houses) 600,000 Oxfordshire's population since
Domesday Book
Total populationpopulation Total Total Total population Total 400,000
Domesday,Domesday, 1086. 6713200,000 houses, 27,000 people 0 900 1100 1300 1500 1700 1900 2100 Year, AD Oxfordshire’s past, and proposed growth to 2050
Oxfordshire's total population since the Domesday Book 1086 1,400,000 2050 target, 1,200,000 560,000 houses,
1.3 million people
1,000,000 Last census, 2011. c. 260,000 houses, Growth target to 2050, including 800,000 650,000 people expressway housing (total = 300,000 new houses) 600,000 Oxfordshire's population since
Domesday Book Total population Total Total population Total 400,000
Domesday, 1086. 6713200,000 houses, 27,000 people 0 900 1100 1300 1500 1700 1900 2100 Year, AD Oxfordshire’s past, and proposed growth to 2050
Oxfordshire's total population since the Domesday Book 1086 1,400,000 2050 target, 1,200,000 560,000 houses,
1.3 million people
1,000,000 Last census, 2011. c. 260,000 houses, Growth target to 2050, including 800,000 650,000 people expressway housing (total = 300,000 new houses) 600,000 Oxfordshire's population since Domesday Book
Total population Total 400,000
Domesday, 1086. 6713200,000 houses, 27,000 people 0 900 1100 1300 1500 1700 1900 2100 Year, AD Oxfordshire’s past, and proposed growth to 2050
Oxfordshire's total population since the Domesday Book 1086 1,400,000 All Local Plans to mid 2030s 2050 target, 380,000 houses, 1,200,000 560,000 houses, 900,000 people
1.3 million people
1,000,000 Last census, 2011. c. 260,000 houses, Growth target to 2050, including 800,000 650,000 people expressway housing (total = 300,000 new houses) 600,000 Oxfordshire's population since Domesday Book
Total population Total 400,000
Domesday, 1086. 6713200,000 houses, 27,000 people 0 900 1100 1300 1500 1700 1900 2100 Year, AD Where will all those houses go? Take the ’21 Bicesters’ challenge tonight!
This is what Corridor B would look like with 21 new Bicesters by 2050! All along the ‘Arc’, the story is the same Highways England proposes 360,000 new houses along the Expressway
Cambridge
Oxford So, will we be consulted by Highways England?
from the Minutes of a meeting between Highways England and Stakeholders, March 2018 So, will we be consulted by Highways England?
“Engagement with members of the public on corridors is challenged by the scale of the Project area.
There are c.3.3 million people living in the arc. Consultation on corridors would require years of additional work at substantial cost to taxpayers. It would also leave a level of uncertainty across the region that was undesirable.
The Project Team are therefore engaging with Stakeholder Reference groups who themselves represent various public interests (environment, road users etc).”
from the Minutes of a meeting between Highways England and Stakeholders, March 2018 So, will we be consulted by Highways England?
“Engagement with members of the public on corridors is challenged by the scale of the Project area.
There are c.3.3 million people living in the arc. Consultation on corridors would require years of additional work at substantial cost to taxpayers. It would also leave a level of uncertainty across the region that was undesirable.
The Project Team are therefore engaging with Stakeholder Reference groups who themselves represent various public interests (environment, road users etc).”
from the Minutes of a meeting between Highways England and Stakeholders, March 2018 and the Stakeholders, representing the public, are…..? and the Stakeholders, representing the public, are…..? and the Stakeholders, representing the public, are…..? and the Stakeholders, representing the public, are…..? and the Stakeholders, representing the public, are…..? and the Stakeholders, representing the public, are…..? and the Stakeholders, representing the public, are…..? and the Stakeholders, representing the public, are…..? and the Stakeholders, representing the public, are…..? and the Stakeholders, representing the public, are…..? and the Stakeholders, representing the public, are…..? These Councils are supposed to be representing OUR interests to Highways England. They are supposed to be consulting with us, so that our views are passed back to Highways England.
Let’s make sure that they do. Highways England’s timetable Highways England Major Project Milestones & Lifecycle
Options Phase Highways England Major Project Milestones & Lifecycle
Options Phase Highways England Major Project Milestones & Lifecycle
Options Phase Highways England Major Project Milestones & Lifecycle
Options Phase Highways England Major Project Milestones & Lifecycle
Options Phase
But what happens then? The Oxford Cambridge Expressway is a….
Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) The Oxford Cambridge Expressway is a….
Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP)
1. Public Inquiries of the sort used for the M40 in the 1970s/80s are no longer held. The Oxford Cambridge Expressway is a….
Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP)
1. Public Inquiries of the sort used for the M40 in the 1970s/80s are no longer held.
2.NSIPs are examined by an Independent Inspector appointed by the Planning Inspectorate. The Oxford Cambridge Expressway is a….
Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP)
1. Public Inquiries of the sort used for the M40 in the 1970s/80s are no longer held.
2.NSIPs are examined by an Independent Inspector appointed by the Planning Inspectorate.
3. The entire examination process takes no longer than 14 months. The Oxford Cambridge Expressway is a….
Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP)
1. Public Inquiries of the sort used for the M40 in the 1970s/80s are no longer held.
2.NSIPs are examined by an Independent Inspector appointed by the Planning Inspectorate.
3. The entire examination process takes no longer than 14 months.
4. There is only very limited public involvement, usually restricted to registered Interested Parties (IPs). The Oxford Cambridge Expressway is a….
Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP)
1. Public Inquiries of the sort used for the M40 in the 1970s/80s are no longer held.
2.NSIPs are examined by an Independent Inspector appointed by the Planning Inspectorate.
3. The entire examination process takes no longer than 14 months.
4. There is only very limited public involvement, usually restricted to registered Interested Parties (IPs). 5. Interested Parties can challenge the process, but not the outcome (i.e. you will get an expressway somewhere). The Oxford Cambridge Expressway is a….
Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP)
1. Public Inquiries of the sort used for the M40 in the 1970s/80s are no longer held.
2.NSIPs are examined by an Independent Inspector appointed by the Planning Inspectorate.
3. The entire examination process takes no longer than 14 months.
4. There is only very limited public involvement, usually restricted to registered Interested Parties (IPs). 5. Interested Parties can challenge the process, but not the outcome (i.e. you will get an expressway somewhere). Currently we are in the PreThe Application Oxford Stage Cambridge Expressway is a….
Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP)
1. Public Inquiries of the sort used for the M40 in the 1970s/80s are no longer held.
2.NSIPs are examined by an Independent Inspector appointed by the Planning Inspectorate.
3. The entire examination process takes no longer than 14 months.
4. There is only very limited public involvement, usually restricted to registered Interested Parties (IPs). 5. Interested Parties can challenge the process, but not the outcome (i.e. you will get an expressway somewhere). Currently we are in the Preferred Route PreThe Application Oxford Stage Cambridge ExpresswayAnnouncement, is a…. Autumn 2020 Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP)
1. Public Inquiries of the sort used for the M40 in the 1970s/80s are no longer held.
2.NSIPs are examined by an Independent Inspector appointed by the Planning Inspectorate.
3. The entire examination process takes no longer than 14 months.
4. There is only very limited public involvement, usually restricted to registered Interested Parties (IPs). 5. Interested Parties can challenge the process, but not the outcome (i.e. you will get an expressway somewhere). Currently we are in the Preferred Route PreThe Application Oxford Stage Cambridge ExpresswayAnnouncement, is a…. Autumn 2020 Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP)
1. Public Inquiries of the sort used for the M40 in the 1970s/80s are no longer held.
2.NSIPs are examined by an Independent Inspector appointed by the Planning Inspectorate.
3. The entire examination process takes no longer than 14 months.
4. There is only very limited public involvement, usually restricted toThe registered Application MUSTInterested Parties (IPs). include a Statement of 5. InterestedCommunity Parties can challenge the process, but not the Consultation (SoCC) outcome (i.e. you will get an expressway somewhere). Currently we are in the Preferred Route PreThe Application Oxford Stage Cambridge ExpresswayAnnouncement, is a…. Autumn 2020 Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP)
1. Public Inquiries of the sort used for the M40 in the 1970s/80s are no longer held.
2.NSIPs are examined by an Independent Inspector appointed by the Planning Inspectorate.
3. The entire examination process takes no longer than 14 months.
4. There is only very limited public involvement, usually restricted toThe registered Application MUSTInterested Parties (IPs). include a Statement of 5. InterestedCommunity Parties can challenge the process, but not the Consultation (SoCC) We will have a limited outcome (i.e. you will get an expressway somewhere).time to register as Interested Parties. Currently we are in the Preferred Route PreThe Application Oxford Stage Cambridge ExpresswayAnnouncement, is a…. Autumn 2020 Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) Interested Parties can 1. Public Inquiries of the sort used for the M40 in the 1970s/80ssubmit written are evidence, attend the no longer held. Public Hearing, and may be invited to speak. 2.NSIPs are examined by an Independent Inspector appointed by the Planning Inspectorate.
3. The entire examination process takes no longer than 14 months.
4. There is only very limited public involvement, usually restricted toThe registered Application MUSTInterested Parties (IPs). include a Statement of 5. InterestedCommunity Parties can challenge the process, but not the Consultation (SoCC) We will have a limited outcome (i.e. you will get an expressway somewhere).time to register as Interested Parties. The Future Campaign The Future Campaign
1. Gather more information on the steps ahead. 2. Spread the information across the network of Expressway villages. 3. Submit Environmental, Heritage, Wildlife and other information to Highways England (anyone can do this, not just registered Stakeholders). 4. Urge people to involve Parish, Local and District Councillors in Expressway plans. (Don’t forget, Highways England must produce a Statement of Community Consultation, SoCC). 5. Work to cancel the Expressway before it is too late (promote East-West Rail as an alternative). 6. Write to Councillors, MPs and influential people in your neighbourhood. Make this issue toxic to the politicians. 7. Recruit experts to help with the NSIPs process. Examine NIC, HE, EEH and other relevant documents. Are the facts correct? Do the ‘models’ make sense? 8. When the time comes, register as Interested Parties. This will be the last time to make your feelings known. 9. If this scheme goes ahead, digging will start in 2025 for completion in 2030.